Darius wellington



D. WELLING WATER CLOSE-T No. 102.738. Patented Ma 3, 1870.

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D ARIU S WELLINGTON, OF

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 102,738, dated May 3, 1 870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, Dawns wamllxc roi', of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in '"ater Qloset Bowlsgland Ldo hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is'a. description of my invention sufiicicnt to enable those skilled in the art to practice it. p Y

My invention relates. to the construction .and arrangement ot' the bowl of a water-closet with'reference to the provision for washing the same from a head of water, and for sealing theonilet when the pan is raised.

In ordinarilygconstructcd water-closet howls, which are madeofiporcelain or'othcr vitrified ware, a hole is made through one side of the bowl, with an outwardly-protrnding nozzle or neck, to which the nater-supply pipe is connected, the opcningfinto the bowl .being corc'red by a flap, which throws the water inopposite-directions around thc'sidcs' of the -howl, to causealladhering'mzittcrs to be washed therefrom.-

.Thc'bowlthus made is'necessarily weakened by rea-' son of this hole made through its side, and in packing and transportation many bowls are broken by reason of this w'cakness, and many of the .nozzles are broken off.

The object of my invention is to so make and arrange the bowl that it shall have no opening whatever through its side, but shall be washed by water pouring over and-all around its upper edge; and My invention consists, primarily, in awater-closet bowl having impert'orate sides, and encased in an auxiliary bowl or water-chamber, which, being filled or charged from the source of water-supply to the closet, overflows the inner how] all around the upper edge thereof. r

The drawing represents a section of a bowl embodying and arranged in accordance with my invention.

which thebowl sits, and from the bottom of which the soil-pipe leads.

1) denotes the bowl.

0, the open bottom thereof. v

(I, the pan, shown in position lay-dotted lines, the bottom of the bowl Sitting into the pan. 7 a

The bowl is shown as supported by and Standing upon the contracted bottom of a casing, c,.of a chamber, f, which Surrounds the bowl, a. flange or ring, g, on top of this chamber projecting inwardly over the upper edge or rim h of the bowl I), and having a lip orfiange, i, projcctingdown intoihc top of the bowl, as seen-in the drawing. 1

pan (1.

a denotes the container, over .andinto the topof Into one side of the chamber f enters the pipe 7:, which leads from the.water-snpply above, this pipe being provided with a suitable cock, to be opened and closed simultaneously with the fall and rise of the The chamber f extends all around the bowl b, and down to, or'ncarly to, the bottom thereof, as seen in the drawing; and, when thecock is opcned,'the water flowsinto this chamber, and fills it, and then over flows the top of the bowlb, and'r'uns freely down over the whole inner surface oflthc bowl, thoroughly cleansing it from all impurities, the pan being dropped-to let the-water flow into the. container 0, and'thcuccinto the soil-pipe.

'At the. lower part ot'- the chamber f isla small outlet, 1, of such size as not to interfere materially with'the filling of the chamber f when the'watersupply-coclr is open, but sufficient-1y 'largeto drain off the water from "the chamber when the cock is closed." I I V This orifice opens into or just above the pan d,.su

that, when the cock is closed,,and the-pan is up, the water draining or running off from the chamber) will fill the. pan, or cause the water to rise in it to such height as to seal the bottom or. opening 0 of the bowl 1).; and the chamber f' may be made oi. a capacity sufficient to contain only water enough to fill or seal the pan. When the wate ter has drained fromthe' chamber f, such chamber and the bowl are, of course, empty and free from water-pressure; and, to ventilate the bowl, I lead an air-pipe, ag, either from the pipe 7;, between the cock and the chamber f; or 'directlyfrom the chamber f, this pipe leading into a chimney or flue, and

made very cheaply, as the flange or lip at the top at a common bowl and the nozzle and hole at the side thereof add very greatly to the cost thereof, and the loss occasioned by breakage of these flanges and nor,- zles is very great, such breakage often amounting to from tcn'to fiftccnpcrfccnt -tof the importation of those bowls, whichfas beibr'c' remarked, are made 0;!

pol-cclainfor ot-lif'er vitrified emthenware;

By arranging a bowl and an overflow-"chamber, as described, I avoid the necessity of employing a slow-closing cock to cfi'cct the sealing of the bowl;

r-supply cock is closed, vand the waallowiugall mephitic gases to escape into the open I such-cooks being, as is well known, complicated, Also,'in combination with the above, theorifice l,

expensive, and liable to constant derangement of leading from the chamber, and discharging water into their parts. the bowl. substantially as described.

I claim- DAR-IUS WELLINGTON. In combination with the bowl b, the, surrounding n water-chamber f, into which the water-supply pipe I; Witnesses:

opens, and from which the water overflows into the J. B. CROSBY,

bowl, substantially as described. FRANCIS GOULD. 

